Sentences with phrase «fetal brain responses»
At each time point, the response of the fetus was examined by recording fetal brain responses elicited by sounds with a magnetoencephalographic device.
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The researchers say that blocking IL - 1 halted a cascade of inflammatory responses that would otherwise lead to the activation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the fetal brain, an enzyme implicated in neurotoxicity.
A third group first got an injection of a compound known to block the effects of interleukin - 1 beta (IL - 1), a protein involved in activating the inflammatory immune response and shown in previous research to be a key player in modulating fetal brain injury following exposure to inflammation in the womb.
«Up - regulating MHCI is essential for the maternal immune response, but changing MHCI activity in the fetal brain when synaptic connections are being formed could potentially affect synapse density,» Boulanger said.
Researchers have shown that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)-- an imaging technology that has sprouted only in the past decade — can detect changes in fetal brain activity in response to sounds from outside the womb.
In addition, the mechanism by which the ZIKV infection can cause fetal brain damage is not known, and some reports suggest that the virus is able to evade the normal immunoprotective responses of the placenta.15 Zika virus is not the only pathogen associated with neonate microcephaly.